While lots of people in the business community talk about Linux these days, and while the various Linux distributions that are based on the Debian offshoot of Linux are probably second only to Red Hat in terms of installed base, you just don't hear businesses talking about Debian. But, if the people behind Debian have anything to do about it, Debian is going to get its act together and quite possibly become a real contender in the Linux racket. READ MORE >

Broomfield, Colorado-based OpenLogic is one of a growing number of companies trying to make a living by integrating and supporting a stack of open source software for enterprise customers, and the company has rolled out the latest release of its software stack, BlueGlue 3.2. The company has also created a free starter edition of a development stack aimed at Eclipse developers. This gives OpenLogic a two prong attack into corporations--those who already have applications running on open source code, and those who want to start developing in this manner. READ MORE >

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Chip maker Intel yesterday announced a tweaked version of its "Madison" generation of Itanium 2 processors that sport higher clock speeds and a faster front side bus. Provided that Intel gets its dual-core "Montecito" Itanium processors out the door at the end of the year and into systems by early next year, as the current plan is, this should be the last iteration of the Madison chips to come to market. READ MORE >

Server maker Dell last week put its first PowerEdge server into the field using a dual-core processor. Because Dell is exclusively shipping processors from Intel and has shunned chips from rival Advanced Micro Devices, Dell has to start at the low-end of the market and make do with the dual-core "Smithfield" Pentium D chip, which is the only dual-core X64 processor that Intel makes today. READ MORE >